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UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/46337/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/46337/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Analysis-Nestle, rivals ease US price hikes in bid for anxious American shopper <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConsumerGoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerGoods</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GroceryStores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GroceryStores</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HouseholdGoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouseholdGoods</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LaurentFreixe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaurentFreixe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PackagedFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PackagedFood</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PriceIncreases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PriceIncreases</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateLabel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateLabel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/target" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>target</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Unilever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unilever</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Trump Pressure on the Federal Reserve Is Threat to the Economy <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/948854/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/948854/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalReserve</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InterestRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InterestRates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JayPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JayPowell</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAW</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MonetaryPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MonetaryPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USDollarSpot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDollarSpot</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/view" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>view</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/42118/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/42118/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Consumers are making different financial choices in response to tariffs <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BusinessNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CreditCardDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreditCardDebt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PersonalDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalDebt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PersonalIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalIncome</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PersonalInvesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalInvesting</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PersonalSaving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalSaving</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RetirementPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetirementPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Julie Hughes<p>Oh look...<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> is the lowest it's been since the LAST time <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was president. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StableGenius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StableGenius</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.conference-board.org/topics/consumer-confidence/press/CCI-Mar-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conference-board.org/topics/co</span><span class="invisible">nsumer-confidence/press/CCI-Mar-2025</span></a></p>
DARLENE RYAN 🇨🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConsumerSentiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerSentiment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/news/the-numbers-to-watch-this-week-6722921" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/feed/news/the-num</span><span class="invisible">bers-to-watch-this-week-6722921</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;He’s behaving like a predator, wreaking havoc because he can, motivated mainly by ego and impulse that the thin veneer of weak rationale ought not to obscure. …</p><p>The biggest lie Trump and Vance told America in 2024 was that they cared about the well-being of ordinary people.&quot;</p><p>~ Jonathan Weiler</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> <br />/3</p><p><a href="https://jonathanweiler.substack.com/p/corruption-cruelty-and-chaos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jonathanweiler.substack.com/p/</span><span class="invisible">corruption-cruelty-and-chaos</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Noting that the well-regarded University of Michigan consumer-sentiment index released yesterday shows consumer confidence falling for the fourth straight month, dropping 11% from March, Heather Cox Richardson writes,</p><p>&quot;This level of consumer sentiment is the second lowest since the index began in 1952.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> <br />/1</p><p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-12-2025" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/april-12-2025</span></a></p>
Ron Franke<p>Evidence that the US stock market is based solely on imaginary wishful thinking?</p><p>China increases tariffs on US products to 125%, the US bond market is experiencing a sell off, companies are announcing layoffs daily, and there are reports of companies pausing investment decisions until things settle down, the consumer sentiment measurement reports a reading of 50.8.</p><p>And, the wishful thinking DOW is at +760 as of this posting. </p><p>Note: a sentiment number of 100 is the baseline between a positive consumer confidence and a negative consumer confidence. A report of 50.8 should be a major concern for everyone.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ConsumerSentiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerSentiment</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>UK economy grows by 0.5% in February in surprise boost for Labour <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/911039/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/911039/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GlobalEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GrowthFigure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowthFigure</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GrowthFigures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowthFigures</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ManufacturingIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManufacturingIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ManufacturingSectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManufacturingSectors</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OfficeForNationalStatistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OfficeForNationalStatistics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ONS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ONS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelReeves</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Layoffs</span></a> abound in US private <a href="https://c.im/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> and publicly traded companies as <a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> admin hacks through vast swaths of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/employee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employee</span></a> roster in <a href="https://c.im/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> as well . </p><p>None of these financial freakout factors bode well for the near term USA <a href="https://c.im/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>...</p><p>Companies that have laid off hundreds, if not thousands, of <a href="https://c.im/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a> each since inauguration include <a href="https://c.im/tags/SiriusXM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiriusXM</span></a> , <a href="https://c.im/tags/IAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAC</span></a> , <a href="https://c.im/tags/HewlettPackard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HewlettPackard</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Boeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boeing</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wayfair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wayfair</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Starbucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starbucks</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/BlackRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackRock</span></a> , <a href="https://c.im/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> , <a href="https://c.im/tags/Salesforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salesforce</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Stripe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stripe</span></a> and many many more as statistics show <a href="https://c.im/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> is obviously shaken and industries from <a href="https://c.im/tags/fintech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fintech</span></a> to frozen food, <a href="https://c.im/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> to satellites all taking fiscal hard hits in early <a href="https://c.im/tags/HardWay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardWay</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NegativeGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeGrowth</span></a> months of new <a href="https://c.im/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> administration voter <a href="https://c.im/tags/ConJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConJob</span></a> ...</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/recent-company-layoffs-laying-off-workers-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/recent-com</span><span class="invisible">pany-layoffs-laying-off-workers-2025</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/economy/recession-tariff-trump/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/03/12/economy/rec</span><span class="invisible">ession-tariff-trump/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/TrumpRecession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRecession</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> Economic indicators look far from rosy as <a href="https://c.im/tags/Drumpf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drumpf</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> begin next week. </p><p>America's <a href="https://c.im/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>, home sales, and <a href="https://c.im/tags/GDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDP</span></a> are all on the decline, according to latest reports that came in this week.</p><p>Jobless claims are spiking along with high interest rates &amp; real estate valuations that have kept home sales low, dropping to their lowest level in over two decades. </p><p>Prices of goods on a wide array of everyday <a href="https://c.im/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> products are going to jump up on already queasy <a href="https://c.im/tags/consumerconfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerconfidence</span></a>, affecting an array of goods from <a href="https://c.im/tags/canola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canola</span></a> oil to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tequila" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tequila</span></a>. Companies like Domino's <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pizza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pizza</span></a> are already warning investors the impacts <a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> policy will have on their seemingly insulated businesses. </p><p><a href="https://qz.com/u-s-economy-slowdown-gdp-home-sales-job-data-decline-1851766787" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">qz.com/u-s-economy-slowdown-gd</span><span class="invisible">p-home-sales-job-data-decline-1851766787</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>As <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s policies begin to take effect, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> has fallen sharply &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> expectations rose while Americans fret about surging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> &amp; the potential impact of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>.</p><p>The recent jump is stoking yet more uncertainty about an economic outlook already clouded by Trump’s chaotic approach to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> areas.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.conference-board.org/topics/consumer-confidence" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conference-board.org/topics/co</span><span class="invisible">nsumer-confidence</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Austrian Retail Sector Shows Resilience Amid Economic Challenges – Vindobona.org <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/761737/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/761737/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austria</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AustrianRetailAssociationHandelsverband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustrianRetailAssociationHandelsverband</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomicGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnergyPrices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyPrices</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FinanicalResilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinanicalResilience</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LabourMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourMarket</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RetailIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetailIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RetailTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetailTrade</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Business, the economy and the pound in your pocket <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/611891/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/611891/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomicCondition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicCondition</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalInsurance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelReeves</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UKEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKEconomy</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>China Economy Forecast to Maintain Growth as Stimulus Kicks In <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/556660/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/556660/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beijing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldJohnTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldJohnTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Exports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exports</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IndustrialProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndustrialProduction</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JinpingXi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JinpingXi</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retail</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a></p>
EURACTIV Economy<p>Olympic Games frenzy fails to redeem eurozone economy as manufacturing slides <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/olympic-games-frenzy-fails-to-redeem-eurozone-economy-as-manufacturing-slides/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/economy-j</span><span class="invisible">obs/news/olympic-games-frenzy-fails-to-redeem-eurozone-economy-as-manufacturing-slides/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/2024OlympicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2024OlympicGames</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Competitiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Competitiveness</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/consumerconfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerconfidence</span></a></p>
Steven Goldfarb<p>While <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> and <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> continue to drop, <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a>, <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> and <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> continue to rise, the media continues with a false narrative. The plot below is from an <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mediastodon.com/@nytimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nytimes</span></a></span> article focusing on lack of optimism! <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/readthedata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readthedata</span></a></p>